The PGA Tour heads to Texas, as Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark headline the sector for this week’s Texas Kids’s Houston Open.
Since 2020, this event has been held at Memorial Park Golf Course, a municipal course revitalized by Tom Doak in 2019. Brooks Koepka even served as an advisor throughout the renovation.
The course reportedly hosts 60,000 gamers per yr, thus drawing comparisons to the likes of Torrey Pines and Bethpage Black—two main championship-caliber programs the place every day charges are inexpensive for locals.
Houston residents can play Memorial Park for as little as $30 on weekdays, whereas out-of-towners should fork over $120—not a nasty worth contemplating a few of the greatest gamers on the planet play there yearly.
New this yr is the event’s spot on the calendar. When defending champion Tony Finau received at Memorial Park, he did so within the fall of 2022. However because the WGC-Dell Expertise Match Play was faraway from the PGA Tour schedule this yr, a gap popped up, and the Texas Kids’s Open stuffed that void two weeks earlier than The Masters.
Humorous sufficient, earlier than 2019, when this occasion moved to the autumn, the Houston Open was performed the week earlier than the most effective gamers headed to Augusta Nationwide. Whoever received this occasion sometimes obtained the ultimate invitation into The Masters.
Now it’s again within the spring, and the winner, if not already exempt, will obtain an invitation to Augusta.
Texas Kids’s Houston Open:
The place: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par-70 7,435 yards)
When: March 28-31
Purse: $9,100,000 / $1,638,000
FedEx Cup Factors: 500
Defending Champion: Tony Finau
The best way to Watch the Texas Kids’s Houston Open:
Thursday, March. 28: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, March 29: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, March 30: 1-3:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. ET (NBC)
Sunday, March 31: 1-2:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. ET (NBC)
The best way to Stream the Texas Kids’s Houston Open:
Peacock will simulcast Golf Channel and NBC’s broadcasts throughout all 4 rounds. You’ll be able to stream protection on Peacock right here.
Moreover, ESPN+ will air PGA Tour Reside’s most important feed of the Texas Kids’s Houston Championship beginning at 8:15 a.m. ET on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Reside begins at 11 a.m. ET.
ESPN+ may also broadcast the morning waves, air marquee teams, and supply protection of featured holes.
The whole featured teams and air occasions for every are as follows:
TBD
Texas Kids’s Houston Open Spherical 1 Tee Instances (ET):
TBD
Texas Kids’s Houston Open Spherical 2 Tee Instances (ET):
TBD.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. You should definitely take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.